Reef Secrets: Starting Right, Selecting Fishes & Invertebrates, Advanced Biotope Techniques
by Alf Jacob Nilsen, Svein A. Fossa

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Book Review: An ideal introduction to reefkeeping
Summary: 5 Stars

For me though, what made this book stand out from many others covering similar territory were the two chapters on modelling and stocking aquariums to try to emulate real biotopes and ecological niches. They provide inspirational, yet practical, examples of the different sorts of themes you could consider - be it a Red Sea cave or a reef gorge - and how to implement them. This has been done before, most notably in John Tullock's 'Natural Reef Aquariums', but that just did not affect me the way this book has. Nor is Tullock's book as current - a real issue given the speed with which this hobby is evolving.

Nilsen and Fossa know what they are talking about. They are the authors of the four volume Modern Coral Reef Aquarium series of books - probably the most comprehensive and respected European reference books on reefkeeping and the identification and care of the species inhabiting them.

So in summary: a well written, beautifully illustrated, comprehensive and inspirational guide to reefkeeping by two authoritative and internationally respected authors.

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